The Sammys: The Best of Rice Theater
Baker Shakespeare's production of The Tempest earned it a Sammy for Best Play, Full Length, as well as Best Supporting Actor and Actress Sammys for Baker senior Barron Stone and Will Rice freshman Hannah Thalenberg. J. Cameron Cooper (Brown '02, left) was a runner-up for Best Actor.
First awarded in 1980, the Sammys are the Thresher's way of recognizing Rice theater productions. This year, over 200 of you voted on the performances and productions that made you laugh, cry or both. There were several excellent original productions that were put on this year - enough to merit the addition of student-written categories in both the play and musical categories - and hopefully we will see this number grow in the future
So go ahead and kick back, grab a cold one and see how your favorite shows fared this year. Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who was a part of a theater production this year. Without you, campus just wouldn't be as entertaining.
The entire list of winners and runner-ups are displayed on page 12 and page 13 of the print edition, provided as pdfs.
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